Mannan Shaah is an Indian film music director, singer and music composer, who predominantly works in

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. He composed music for the 2018 film Namaste England, the 2017 film Commando 2: The Black Money Trail and the 2013 film Commando: A One Man Army. He also given his voice for the film Kucch Luv Jaisaa (2011). He is known for using Indian

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and recording live musical instruments for his compositions.

Early life

He went to Shree Chandulal Nanavati Vinay Mandir and completed his

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from

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. He learnt music from late Pandit Vinayak Vora and started his training in classical music at the age of five. He assisted music director

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for two years. He is a disciple of

Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan Ghulam Mustafa Khan (3 March 1931 – 17 January 2021) was an Indian classical musician in the Hindustani classical music tradition, belonging to the Rampur-Sahaswan Gharana. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1991, followed by Padma Bhushan ...

Career

In 2011, Mannan started his career as a singer with

Vipul Amrutlal Shah Vipul Amrutlal Shah (commonly known as Vipul Shah) is a film producer and director of Hindi films. He began his career with Gujarati theater. He was part/director of a number of Gujarati dramas, some of which were well received by Gujarati audie ...

's Kucch Luv Jaisaa and lent his voice for two songs, ''Thoda Sa Pyaar'' and ''Baadlon Pe Paon''. In 2013, he debuted in

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as music composer with Commando: A One Man Army. Later, Mannan composed music for films such as Commando 2: The Black Money Trail (2017) and Namaste England (2018). Shaah has composed the hit song ''Tere Dil Mein'' from Commando 2: The Black Money Trail, sung by

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, was well received by audience.

Discography

As a playback singer

As a music composer

References

External links

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at ''FilmiBeat'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Shaah, Mannan 1987 births Living people Indian film score composers Indian male playback singers Musicians from Mumbai St. Xavier's College, Mumbai alumni Indian male film score composers